Bulb
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity
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a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
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a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ
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lower or hindmost part of the brain
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a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure
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anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- electric lightelectric-light bulbincandescent lamplight bulblightbulbmedullamedulla oblongata
- plural
- Bulbs
- possessive
- Bulb's
- pluralpossessive
- Bulbs'